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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1955)
THE BEND BULLETIN and CENTRAL OREGON PRESS Robsrt W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher Phil F. Brocan, Associate Editor Mitmber, Audit Bureau of Circulator. Eun4 w a... '" taw; ' r ' Oregon tinder Ail o I M.rrb S. 1810. An Independent Newspaper -"I CdlL'.ltJThe PoIiticalJScerie' t. 4 The Bend Bulletin, Monday. November 28. 1955 That "Awesome Cataclysm" A prediction by a Mexican scientist that Friday, November 25. 1955, would mark the start of "five years of awsome cataclysms everywhere" got off to a stumbling, not a rumbling start. He predicted that five years of terror would begin with the devastation of San Francisco. But ho made the mistake of pin-pointing the catas trophe, in time and in place. Others through the years have made similar predictions, but aside from a few who set the exact date for the end of the world, they allowed some leeway. Years age there was widely circulated in America an nlrminni' wh iih not onlv nrovided longrange weather forecasts, but set dates for earthquakes. Interestingly, that almanac maker's earthquake fore casts were based on the same method used by the Mexican . scientist who set November 25 as the date for the destruc tion of San Francisco. ' The scientist, Dr. Jose Marino Ponton, professor at the National University in Mexico, based his San Fran cisco temblor prediction on the "study of the position of the sun, the moon, the planets and the different groups of stars." But the earthquake prognosticator of yesteryear set ;nelthcr date nor place for his tremors. His method pro vided plenty of leeway inu.smuch as the restless earth trembles daily, and in many places. Only a few of the thousands of tremors that rattle the earth yearly come to the attention of the public. These are the ones that strike populous areas. If Dr. Ponton had predicted that the San Francisco area would suffer a major earthquake within the next five years he would have been on firmer ground. Geologists know that tension is rapidly building up on the San Andreas fault, along which a major slip in 1906 resulted in great damage and devastating fires in San Fraijeisco. Studies have revealed that slippage along the north south trending fault is at the rate of about two inches a year. The 1906 quake was not the only important one known to have occurred on the San Andreas fault. There were big ones in 1938 and 1865. Thus there was a lapse of 27 and 41 years between the first three record quakes. Dr. Ponton believes the next temblor in San Francis co will surpass the intensity of the 1906 quake, which claimed 700 lives. But the scientist missed his guess in pin-pointing the time and the place. San Francisco remains standing. And the sun, moon and planets continue on their as signed courses. 1 i T7 ummxsL ;-xwi j yk f "ism, : SEARCH MADE DENVILLE, N.J. (UPI Police searched today for a man wno for tified himself with a couple of drinks and then walked into the Morristown Trust Co., icenttfied himself as a payroll messenger and asked for $ 2.900 payroll. The teller, Mrs. Olga Stevens, said the bandit, whose breath smelled of liquor, was gone before she looked at the slips of paper he had handed her. One read "10U J2.900. Thank You." An average-sized banana, when sliced or diced, will fill a cup or, if mashed, it will make about half a cup of pulp. MenYour Child Catches Cold T GIVE HER RELIEF FROM SUFFERING THAT" Does More Than Work on Chest She needs Vicks VapoRub the proved medication that acts two watts at once. When you rub It on, Vapo Rub quickly relieves muscu lar soreness. At the same timet VapoRub's medicated vapors bring relief with every breath. Soothing medication trav els deep Into your child's nose, throat and large bronchial tubes. Congestion starts breaking up. Coughing eases. Warming relief comes, lasts for hours. So when colds strike, de pend on.- V VAPORUB Vkb Dates Mixed The editorial writer of the Grants Pass Courier, who misses no opportunity to take a crack at Senator Wayne Morse, said in discussing the Senator the other day that the editorial writer's vote had been east aKainst Morse in both the primary and general elections in 1948. Wo can't find what office Morse was seeking in 1048. He was already Senator, having been elected in 1941, and was not up for re-election until 1950. Did we miss a whole election? Edson In Washington Farm Surplus Puzzle Eyed Advice: Youth To Man jo our n&sk, from the note book of an Oregon scien tist who was nationally known for his specialized work when he died recently, comes a reflective document. It was tho scientists "younger advice to his older self." Ho was a college youth, with World War I service still ahead, when he pencilled the advice. Ho was 69 when he died. The advice was prefaced by a notation : "Head thou when advanced in years. This is a young man's viewpoint. It is extremely real to him." The. young man's advice of yesteryear to his older self follows, in part: "Keep culm 100 times more can be done with others when we aro not mad. When we lose self control, tho other fellow has the advantage. "Don't brand every new thought or custom worked out by the younger generation as wrong. Remember how you were opposed in thought and deed by older people. "Remember that the oltter you get the more fixed in views you will become and the more unreasonable to deal with. Try to keep your mind open to new views. "Also remember that one who develops into a critic doesn't usually realize he is making himself disagreeable. "Don't let yourchildren boss you be kind, but firm with them.. "Don't forbid your children to play 'shinny' just be cause you are afraid they might 'get their knees skinned. "Remember that everyone looks at things through his own prejudices. "Don't get in the bad habit of talking while the one you are conversing with is still talking. Remember to listen, whether you are interested or not, "Don't get in the habit of making excuses about yourself all the time it is annoying to others." There is evidence that through the years the scien tist occasionally referred to the advice of his younger self. And there is plenty of proof that the advice played a role in shaping the character of a great and kindlv man. Jle was the late of Oregon astronomer. Dr. J. Hugh Truett, University Quotable Quotes American farm surpluses are like money in the bank. Agriculture Secretary Ezra Tafv Benson. By I'KTKK K!SON NBA Wuhhiiigtoii 0rr'MiiiuV..t WASHINGTON (NEAt A drive o sweep thi? U.S. government s storciue warehouses clean of its seven-billion dollar holdings in sur plus farm products is heading lor the next Congress, The idea behind this proposal Is that these surpluses now overhang the market and depress current farm prices. What's considered even worse, tne nutfe surpluses make high price- support levels un-i Kipular. It the surpluses could he liqui dated, it is argued that scarcities would he created and prices would iro up. Then, at hieh support lev- Is, farmers could heui unlimited over production and start building ip another surplus. Thai s Ihe vi eious circle surrounding this sur plus liquidation proposal. Tho Senate Agriculture Commit tee under Chairman Allen J. Kl- lender )D-I,a) now touring the country, has actually heard pro posals t that the surpluses he dumped in the ocean. This shock ing suggestion came from former Utah slntc Sen. Ilyrum Gibbons ind from Idaho cattleman Ivan Tierce. No political leader has yet dared, go that lar. What they fear is an other reaction like former Secre tary of Agricultue Henry A. Wal lace got from his depression relief plan for killing off the surplus pigs io raise hog prices. The actual dest ruct ion of food and fiver when there aro millions! of underfed and poorly clothed peo ple in the world would cause great revulsion. It would let Communist propagandists jwint out how the sellish capitalists destroyed food and let people starve, just to keep prices hign. What has to be found, as both .Stfcivtary of Agriculture Kan Taft Benson and his predecessor. Sen. Clinton Anderson (i.)-NM) point out, is some way tc market thr:-e surpluses. They ear.'t ln given away indis criminately without breaking farm with this problem, hasn't been ade quate. It provided for sale of sur ter, give-away for disaster relief, :e, give-away for disaster relief, school lunch programs and the like. About 1.5 billion dollars of these ur pluses have been disposed of in the last two years. But 7.-1 billion lollnrs worth ot surpluses remain 8.5 billion dollars owsed outright iiid 1.6 billion dollars held by Com modity Credit Corporation as se curity against crop loan advances to farmers. The surplus consists ot 2.7 billion dollars worth of wheat, 1.6 billion dollars worlh of cotton and its products, 1.4 billion dollars corn VX million dollars tobacco. 3K4 million dollars rice and small feed bruins.1 :tt( million dollars dairy products, 99 million dollars wool and 250 million dollars other prod ucts like honey and tung oil. How much the U.S. taxpayers would stand to lose if these wen lumped is uncertain. It the United Slates had to pay transportation charges for moving the surpluses! the bottom of the ocean, tin loss would be more tnan seven billion. So far, products which cost CC IGil million dollars have been sold at world market prices for 3114 'mil lion dollars. The loss, 105 mil Hon lollnrs or '22 per cent. If the U.S. seven - billion - dollar surplus could br disposed of at that discount, the loss would be around 1.5 bil lion dollars. From tne politician's standpoint, this would be a cheap price to pay for farm vote support next elec tion day. The rationalization for getting rid of U.S. surpluses at cut price; is that this is what was done with surplus arms, ammunition and d.' fense plaats at the end of the war. "H it's all right to sell guns at 10 cents on the dollar, why isn't also all right to do it with butter ask fa nn lobbyists. This is said to be the price wnich Ihe public must pay to get abund- p; mucnon ana to keep agn markets over the world. Kvrn thelculivne prosperous and happy. side at cut prices can ruin tor farmers The agricultural trade ment net of 1933, inlvnilt Moan elevation of Ameriran wntincnt is Africa's is 1900 feet. FAULTY ZIPPER LONDON (UP) Pretty barmaid Mara HaJliday might have, been a heroine today except lor a faulty zipper on her blue jeans. 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